Eliseo Alberto Subiela was an Argentine film director and writer. His works are considered to be in the ‘magic realism’ genre, known for The Dark Side of the Heart (1992), Man Facing Southeast (1986), and Last Images of the Shipwreck (1989). Subiela was the father of actress, Guadalupe Subiela (who acted in her father’s film, Pequeños Milagros). He has won and been nominated for awards at the Toronto, Montreal, Berlin, Istanbul and Havana film festivals, among others.